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Junior lightweight world titleholder Francisco Vargas will make his second defense when he takes on Mexican countryman Miguel Berchelt on Jan. 28 at the Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio, California, Golden Boy Promotions announced Friday.The fight, which figures to provide intense fireworks, will headline the 2017 debut of HBOs Boxing After Dark. The card will include another potentially action-packed, 12-round junior lightweight fight between former world titleholder Takashi Miura and Miguel Mickey Roman.Fans love knockouts, and these four guys have 110 KOs among the four of them, Golden Boy CEO Oscar De La Hoya said in a news release. We are excited to open our 2017 HBO year showcasing the kind of action-packed fights that will get people up and out of their seats from start to finish.Vargas, 31, has made a habit of doing just that. He is coming off back-to-back epic slugfests. In November 2015, he made a dramatic comeback to knock out Miura in the ninth round to win a 130-pound world title belt in a bout that was hailed as the fight of the year.In June, Vargas made his first defense and slugged his way to a majority draw with former titleholder Orlando Salido in the leading contender for 2016 fight of the year honors. Vargas suffered severe cuts in the bout against Salido and required surgery, which is why he sat out the second half of this year.But Vargas (23-0-2, 17 KOs) is healed and ready to go at it again.Boxing fans know what to expect every time I step in to the ring -- and that is a war, Vargas said in the news release. I am aware of my opponents knockout power, but hes never faced a true world champion, and I am confident I will come out on top.The 25-year-old Berchelt (30-1, 27 KOs) holds an interim belt but has faced limited competition.Im going to shock the boxing world on Jan. 28, Berchelt said. This is the opportunity I have been looking forward to.Golden Boy Promotions president Eric Gomez told ESPN that the company plans to match the winners of the bouts with each other, meaning there is a reasonable chance for a Vargas-Miura rematch.We want the winners to fight each other and its very likely the WBC will order the winners to fight in a mandatory fight anyway, Gomez said. We want to make the best fights, so this card is a win-win and its even better if we can match the winners.Japans Miura (30-3-2, 23 KOs), 32, had been scheduled to fight Salido on Dec. 17, but the fight was canceled when Salido suffered a back injury. Now Miura faces the tough-as-nails Roman (56-11, 43 KOs), 31, of Mexico.I am excited to return to the United States and fight in such an exciting bout with Mickey Roman, Miura said in Fridays news release. I was very disappointed when I lost to Vargas, but I have rededicated myself and am excited to begin my journey towards winning back my title.Miura made four successful defenses of his junior lightweight title before losing it to Vargas. He has fought once since, scoring a first-round knockout of novice opponent Jimmy Borbon in May.Roman has twice fought for world titles, losing a unanimous decision to Jonathan Victor Barros for a featherweight belt in 2011 and getting knocked out by Antonio DeMarco in the fifth round of a lightweight world title match in 2012. But Roman is riding an 18-fight winning streak since 2012.I am performing better than ever in my career, and I am looking forward to showing my skills against Miura, Roman said. My goal has always been to be a world champion and I am hopeful that after I win this fight, I can get another title shot.Gomez, an astute matchmaker, believes both fights will produce action.Berchelt is a tough kid, a big puncher with a great record and he will pressure Vargas and try to take the title away from him, he told ESPN. Vargas is coming off back-to-back wars and wont let up. Hes fighting a hungry young lion. But Vargas wants to keep proving he belongs with [titleholder Vasyl] Lomachenko and the other top fighters in the division.As for Miura-Roman, Gomez added, I love the matchup because of the styles. Its a train wreck. Roman just keeps coming and coming at his opponent and Miura -- what can I say? Always action and still one of the top 130-pound fighters in the world. Vans Old Skool Pink .J. -- Josh Cribbs was in the Pro Bowl in February and out of a job six months later. Vans Sk8 Hi Leather . 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Now they are more readily found commentating, or in the case of Andrew Strauss, running English cricket. All the more reason, then, to celebrate the continued presence of Paul Collingwood in county cricket. Thanks to Carlos Brathwaite, Collingwood remains the only person to ever lead England to glory in an ICC event.Even during Durhams years toiling at the foot of the Championship - they were bottom three times, 17th, out of 18, twice, and 16th once during their first six seasons - perhaps never did the club have to endure a crisis rivalling the one they are combatting today. It is not so much sporting as existential: the club has amassed debts of around ￡5 million, is unlikely to ever host another Test match, and the chief executive has even been forced to clarify that there is no imminent threat to the future of the club.Durhams very raison detre is, as Collingwood says, for North East cricketers to be given an opportunity to fulfil their dreams in their home ground, yet already one leading home-grown player, Mark Stoneman, has announced he is departing, and there are fears that another, Scott Borthwick, will follow.These are times that demand all of Collingwoods resolve. He is Durham cricket in excelsis, and has represented the club in 22 of their 25 years in professional cricket. Along the way Durham have had much to celebrate - three County Championships, hosting an Ashes Test, and most importantly, supplying England with an abundance of talent. Indeed, when England regained the Ashes in 2009, Peter Roebuck said it was less a victory for the country than for Durham and the Dominions. Given the off-field circumstances, winning the T20 Blast, the only competition that the club has never won, on Saturday would be an achievement to rank with any of these.It would mean a lot to the club. Its a form of the game that we havent nailed so far and weve got an opportunity to achieve something special, Collingwood says. As a man who forged a fine international career out of defying expectations, he is not the sort to be perturbed by facing Yorkshire, with all their coterie of England players, in the semi-finals.I dont think weve played our best T20 cricket until the last three games, but the good thing is, we seem to be peaking at the right time, Collingwood says. Hopefully we can take that kind of form into the semi-finals and the belief that we can put teams under pressure. Weve been underdogs in the last few weeks, so its something that were not too bothered about. Its quite nice sometimes to go out there and have a fearless attitude.That much is ensured by the presence of Ben Stokes, albeit probably as a specialist batsman, but Collingwood cites Durhams bowling, with includes Mark Wood, as their strength. Our death bowling is becoming increasingly good in the last few games. And weve got two X-factor bowlers: Woody, who can take early wickets, and Scott Borthwick, who can turn it both ways.But Borthwick is emblematic of the uncertainty that has been the backdrop to Durhams season. Surrey and Yorkshire are among those to have approached him outt about a move.dddddddddddd I think it is affecting him personally, Collingwood says. These are tough decisions for individuals to make, and a lot of mental energy is sapped from you when you try and make these decisions, so hopefully he makes a decision soon and its a positive one for us.Its affected us all year, Id be lying if I said no. But weve got to find ways to keep battling on, and finding ways to keep going out there and performing. Weve been in these situations before and it is disappointing, but we crack on and get our heads down and dig in.Collingwood knows no other way. The second act of his Durham career, since his final England appearance in 2011, already includes leading the team to the County Championship in 2013. He has just signed a contract to extend his career to 2017, when he turns 41, and wants to play even longer. While Collingwood has impressed during his forays into international coaching with England and Scotland, Durhams off-field turmoil has only reinforced his sense of duty to his home-town team.The clubs going through a difficult period and I want to be there for them. It would be very easy to not be around, and give the responsibility to other peoples shoulders, but Im not that kind of character. I want to be there for Durham and help them out as much as I can. Yet for all of Collingwoods devotion to Durhams cause, something else shines through: the sheer relish that he still feels playing the sport. When we meet, he is palpably downcast after Durhams thumping in the County Championship at Lords, but his excitement at the challenges ahead remains clear. I still believe we can have success at the club and Im still enjoying bringing the youngsters through, which is an important role of mine. Yes, of course I still enjoy it. In the end youve got to pinch yourself that youre a professional cricketer in a sport that I love and want to play for as long as possible, as long as the form is good and the body is good.With the bat, Collingwoods form has held up admirably in 2016: he is averaging over 40 in the County Championship, and he has made useful contributions in both limited-overs formats, even if he has been spotted batting as low as No. 8 in T20 cricket. But a combination of a broken thumb, split webbing in his hand and a bad calf have limited his bowling, which was mercilessly exposed in the T20 quarter-final at Bristol. Three legitimate deliveries that went for a total of 22; it was a mercy that, when he bowled two beamers, Collingwood had to be taken out of the attack.Without making too many excuses, I havent bowled for seven weeks, he says. But I thought Id be able to draw upon my experience and get through an over, even though I did have a thumb splinter on. I thought it was a risk worth taking, but after three balls it was obvious that it was the wrong decision in hindsight. Ill never shy away from anything.As good as his word, Collingwood will spend the days before Finals Day returning to bowling in the nets, ready to summon himself to bowl to Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow at Edgbaston. ' ' '